August 29th, 2008 by Betsy
Labor Day just kind of snuck up on me this year, I mean I knew it was coming and I’ve tossed a few ideas around on what to do on this end of the summer 3 day weekend that has now offically started as I sit my butt at home, still not committing to anything of interest what so ever.
Feeling kind of in a slump or something, it has been raining a lot as of late, I know that that has a tendency to get me in a funk sometimes. But I’ve got to shake it off and get on the phone and find out who is going where and which place I will end up attending before the whole week end slips away!
August 26th, 2008 by Betsy
Last night I actually stayed up long enough to watch Jay Leno and his interview with Senator John McCain, which was surprisingly entertaining and certainly showed a much needed humorous side of the Republican’s choice of candidates, running for President. And none too soon, the election is only a few months away and Senator McCain has been receiving some pretty bad publicity as of late, and he needed a chance to redeem himself and Jay Leno gave him the opportunity to do just that last night.
August 20th, 2008 by Betsy
Most of my neighbor’s here, seem to have a vegetable garden that they are tending to and I love that every now and then there is someone at my door with a basket of healthy garden goodies that are being given away, due to the fact that they are growing more than they can handle on their own, which is good for folks like me that love freebies and too lazy to grow my own garden.
I love this time of year because I now have a good supply of green beans, yellow squash, cherry tomatoes, and several nice, large Beefeater tomatoes, that will taste so good on a sandwich, with lots and lots of mayo!
August 12th, 2008 by Betsy
One of my favorite recipes to make is for the Corn Fritters that I remember making so often over at my sister’s house a lot, back when she was married to her first husband, the father of her three wonderful boys. Her middle son was good around the kitchen and we would have fun together listening to music, trying new recipes, one of his favorites being the corn fritter also, so we made a lot of corn fritters in those years.
I haven’t made any in quite some time so I thought that I would break out my recipe book and make up a batch the other evening, and I have to tell you, they came out perfect. I love that you can refrigerate the left over ones and just nuke for 1 minute for a great anytime snack, and the more real butter that you put on it the better.
- 1 Cup Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3 Eggs (separated)
- 1/4 Cup Milk
- 1 Can Corn (drained)
- 2 or 3 Tb Oil - additional amount may be needed to cover the entire bottom of your frying pan, depending on the size of the pan you use
Mix flour, baking powder and salt, set aside. In separate bowl of medium size, whip egg whites on high, with electric mixer, until stiff. And in a yet larger bowl, beat the egg yolks and stir in the milk, and drained corn, and the flour mixture that you just put aside, mix thoroughly. Fold in the whipped egg whites and blend together for a few minutes.
Drop by tablespoons into the hot oil and fry for approximately 5 minutes, or until nicely browned and cooked thoroughly in the middle. Once they are on your plate, smother with real butter and enjoy.
August 5th, 2008 by Betsy
I usually do not read books that are the “romance novels” that so many female audiences are going crazy over, but I recently picked up a box of free books and in it found a novel by Marc Levy, If Only It Were True, that I took the time to pick out of the lot and settled down to read. It was about a romance, but with a lot of cute and interesting twists that made it nice and easy, and had an enjoyable story line that kept my attention through the entire 224 pages of this romantic read, during my night time bath and book time for the past 4 or 5 evenings.
At the end of the day I always enjoy a nice hot bubble bath and soak for a good 45 minutes to an hour, at which point I get a good amount of reading done, while relaxing before I turn into bed. Showers are for the morning to wake you up with, and nice hot bubble baths are for bedtime!